J PetriniSummaryAffiliation: March of Dimes Country: USA Publications
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The effect of using "race of child" instead of "race of mother" on the black-white gap in infant mortality due to birth defectsJ Petrini
National Office of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
Public Health Rep 113:263-7. 1998..The authors analyzed the effect on these rates of a change in the way the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) tabulates "race" for newborns...
Contribution of birth defects to infant mortality in the United StatesJoann Petrini
Perinatal Data Center, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, National Office, 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
Teratology 66:S3-6. 2002..To illustrate how this leading cause of infant mortality impacts subgroups within the US population a descriptive analysis of the contribution of birth defects to infant mortality at the national and state level was conducted...
Neural tube defect-specific infant mortality in the United StatesMichael J Davidoff
Perinatal Data Center, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, National Office, 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
Teratology 66:S17-22. 2002..Both surveillance data and birth records have strengths and limitations for evaluating the outcomes of this resource allocation. Cause-specific infant mortality data can be used as one measure to support evaluation efforts...
National estimates and race/ethnic-specific variation of selected birth defects in the United States, 1999-2001Mark A Canfield
Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas 78756, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 76:747-56. 2006..In the United States, birth defects affect approximately 3% of all births, are a leading cause of infant mortality, and contribute substantially to childhood morbidity...
Changes in the gestational age distribution among U.S. singleton births: impact on rates of late preterm birth, 1992 to 2002Michael J Davidoff
National Office, March of Dimes, White Plains, NY 10605, USA
Semin Perinatol 30:8-15. 2006..These observations, in addition to emerging evidence of increased morbidity, suggest the need for investigation of optimal obstetric and neonatal management of these late preterm infants...
Trends in folic Acid awareness and behavior in the United States: the Gallup Organization for the March of Dimes Foundation surveys, 1995-2005Kathleen Green-Raleigh
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road MS-E59, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Matern Child Health J 10:S177-82. 2006..Health care providers and maternal child health professionals must continue to promote preconceptional health among all women of childbearing age, and encourage them to take a vitamin containing folic acid daily...
